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Of course, the big question is who are we going to see in that starting 11 for the World Cup? We asked you guys, you came through. I thought there'd be maybe a few more disagreements, but really consensus except Sergin Destiny, which we figured would be one that you guys would disagree on. Yeah, listen, I think as long as he's healthy, Chris Richards, who by the way, we watched yesterday in training, he looked really agile in probably a good 45minute individual training. Uh I think we all kind of feel comfortable even with a little bit of rust, he can shake that off. Serjinho Desk, Tima. I mean, the they're in terms of profile, they bring different things to the table, but I loved the combiveness. I loved the
tackle. I love that Tima looked around. He's like, "Nah, this ain't happening in the final 10 minutes." And it was good to see the team kind of step up and protect itself in moments like this. Now, that being said, objective is to win matches. the goals that they've given up, they're fine margins and they're gonna have to dial that in, but plenty for Mara Pochettino and his coaching staff to really sort out and focus on ahead of the first match against Parag. We saw Tilman start today uh prior to this. We've seen uh Bur Halter get good time and of course Raina started uh against Sagal.
You had Bur Halter in there. Yeah. Is it a style choice or is it just the right person regardless? Um, I think it's a style choice. I think defensively in transition, you have a little more. I mean, Adams is good enough to cover that much area, but when it comes to uh Tilman's defensive responsibility, I think Sebastian Bhalter does a better job. I think Bhalter is the best set piece taker on the team, and it also just frees up Weston to be a little more attacking minded, and that's what I prefer. But don't get me wrong, you these aren't easy, obvious choices. There are a handful of players who won't start against Paraguay. are going to play meaningful minutes in the group stage and have to come up with big
performances. Tilman if he starts first game and Burhalter doesn't vice versa. Both of those guys are going to have to be important to Pochino's team to get out of the group. Yeah, I think today just for talking about Tilman, I thought he did really well today. Um, I thought the ground that he covered next to Tyler at times he kind of overran the ball in the middle of the field where um Tim Ree or um Freeman had to step in and kind of help him out a bit. But at the same time, man, to your point, Kyle, both players have goals in them, and that's what you need all over the field. Bur Halton can hit free kicks. He can hit 89 89th
90minute uh bangers. So can Tilman. Tilman has that in him. Obviously, when he moved up in the second half, he moved up a little bit to a higher position. I think that suits him better. But I think in the game right now with what Pochettino sees, he sees Raina and McKenna in that higher position. So to for him to play, it has to be next to Tyler. Especially if you're going to have two wing backs that are going to be bombing forward, right? You're going to have the the width coming from Anthony Robinson. And if it's Georgino Des on the right side, you're going to need someone that's going to protect the middle of the pitch a little bit more. So if you've got Bur Halter next to Tyler, I
think he gives you a little bit more protection. One thing to keep an eye on, five subs at the World Cup. We've seen wholesale changes.
